has issued an advisory for potato farmers across the country, warning of a high risk of late blight disease in the crop due to changes in weather conditions. Institute director Brajesh Singh ...

the potato blight disease that spread across Europe from 1845 to 1849. In Ireland at the time, potatoes were the staple food of the poor, and in the 1840s, it is said that about 2.7 million people ...

Cuts to federal research funding have cost Michigan's public universities tens of millions of dollars. Bigger cuts may be on ...

The blight destroyed potato crops on both sides of the Atlantic ... one million deaths from starvation and disease, with the ...

The Phytophthora blight is not reported from any other country except the Philippine Islands. The disease is caused by a Phytophthora ... faberi of citrus grows well on potato-dextrose agar, Clinton's ...

Lots more died from disease and illnesses associated with ... left Ireland between 1845 and 1855 due to the impact of the potato blight.

Major diseases include mildew, rust, Septoria in cereals, and late blight in potato. These diseases limit productivity, and currently necessitate substantial applications of agrochemicals.

Potato Varieties that can withstand it are being produced in central Mexico, the probable home of the blight This devastating disease is now controlled only by repeated spraying.

Northern corn leaf blight (NCLB) is a disease of corn caused by the fungus, Exserohilum turcicum. Severe outbreaks of the disease can cause up to 30-50% yield loss in dent corn if the disease is ...